NY Fashion Week Roundup: Celebrities Like Kelly Osbourne At New York Fashion Week And Google Glasses At Diane von Furstenberg

Google arrives at New York Fashion Week! While they didn’t exactly put on a show, they did team up with fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg, who rose to the challenge of presenting their new Google glasses, which debuted on her runway. Google co-founder Sergey Brin joined DVF in her runway lap after the show. Futuristic fashion? We don’t think so… Google Glasses might be launched to the public sooner than anticipated. (LA Times)

Fashion Week this season is all about social media, with private publishers peaking and flourishing as they provide an inside look to all the runways. The public is using Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr, but surprisingly Facebook seems to stay behind in immediate media events. Here are six bloggers you should follow to get an inside view to New York Fashion Week. (Mashable)

Men’s fashion takes center stage at New York Fashion Week. While menswear may sometimes seem like an afterthought at these events, this season big efforts have been made. Details magazine set up a space at Lincoln Center Public Library to host menswear shows, and GQ opened a pop-up menswear shop with Nordstrom. (Wall Street Journal Blog)

An 81-year-old model walked down the runway of Norisol Ferrari’s Spring 2013 collection on Monday (10.9). Carmen Dell’Orefice is a retired model, who also appeared in HBO’s documentary “About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now”. In a youth-driven industry, Dell’Orefice says she’s proof of the nation’s general acceptance of the graying population. (Today)

Closing our list of fashion highlights for this week, here’s an interesting video from New York Magazine– recording shoes from random fashion lovers just outside of NYFW shows. Take a look at some great designs:

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